Originally posted by Toushiro
hmm... that was not what i was taught and my mom and grandpa are both very much Christian. even though my mom doesnt go to church anymore, she used to and my grandpa still does. they dont believe in a literal interpretation of any part of the Bible. theyve even told me that to take the Bible literally was dangerous because its mostly nonsense to take it literally. its a symbolic and spiritual text and should be interpreted as so. oh well, i guess they just dont have the "usual" Christian belief... :/
They might want to be careful about calling themselves Creationists then, because that's usually what it's interpreted to mean:
Creationism is the belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe were created in their entirety by a deity or deities (typically God), whose existence is presupposed.[1] In relation to the creation-evolution controversy the term creationism (or strict creationism) is commonly used to refer to rejection of evolution. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creationism

1. the doctrine that matter and all things were created, substantially as they now exist, by an omnipotent Creator, and not gradually evolved or developed.
2. (sometimes initial capital letter) the doctrine that the true story of the creation of the universe is as it is recounted in the Bible, esp. in the first chapter of Genesis. - http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=creationism
wouldnt this actually support evolution? if our earth was anywhere else, then we wouldnt have life, but if God exists, he could probably put life anywhere he wanted to and make the environment good for us and take care of us and have absolute control.
Excellent point!

It is not a miracle that life arose in conditions which are suitable to said life. That's simple logic and natural selection at work. If life had somehow arisen where it really made no sense that it could exist, now that would be a miracle!